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Home / News / March 10th, 2007; Vol.171 #10 / Living Long on Less? Mouse and human cells respond to slim dietsSome animals live longer on reduced-calorie diets, and in a recent experiment people on such diets had many of the cellular changes that those long-lived animals did. (p. 147)Published: March 10th, 2007; Vol.171 #10Found in: Biology
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Scientists tracked the origin of an illegal ivory shipment to Zambia by using an improved DNA-analysis technique to study the confiscated tusks. (p. 158)Published: March 10th, 2007; Vol.171 #10Found in: Environment
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Home / News / March 3rd, 2007; Vol.171 #9 / The New Black: A nanoscale coating reflects almost no lightA "carpet" of microscopic filaments sprayed onto a surface can prevent it from reflecting light, a potentially useful trait for technologies from solar cells to fiber-optic communications. (p. 132)Published: March 3rd, 2007; Vol.171 #9Found in: Materials Science -
Home / News / February 24th, 2007; Vol.171 #8 / Hurt-Knees Rx: Surgical method promotes ligament regenerationA new artificial knee ligament that sparks regeneration of natural tissue could eventually make recovering from knee-repair surgery less painful and debilitating. (p. 116)Published: February 24th, 2007; Vol.171 #8Found in: Biomedicine -
Home / News / February 17th, 2007; Vol.171 #7 / Taking Cancer's Fingerprint: Rapid genetic profiling for personalized therapyA new, faster way to identify cancer-causing mutations in the DNA of tumor cells may pave the way for the next generation of custom-tailored cancer therapies. (p. 100)Published: February 17th, 2007; Vol.171 #7Found in: Biomedicine
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Home / News / February 10th, 2007; Vol.171 #6 / Why So Dry? Ocean temperatures alone don't explain droughtsEvidence from ancient dunes points to three periods of prolonged drought in the U.S. Great Plains, but finding their causes may be more complex than previously supposed. (p. 84)Published: February 10th, 2007; Vol.171 #6Found in: Earth Science -
Home / News / February 3rd, 2007; Vol.171 #5 / Waves from the Big Bang: Upcoming detectors may view newborn universeRipples in space-time may soon give scientists a glimpse of the universe as it looked a tiny fraction of a second after its birth. (p. 69)Published: February 3rd, 2007; Vol.171 #5Found in: Physics -
Researchers found that, for one kind of particle at least, being located inside a nucleus slightly reduces its mass. (p. 78)Published: February 3rd, 2007; Vol.171 #5Found in: Physics
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Home / News / January 27th, 2007; Vol.171 #4 / Making a 3-D Microscope: Technique brings entire sample into focusA new imaging technique creates microscopic three-dimensional views of tissues within a patient's body and can update those images several times a second. (p. 51)Published: January 27th, 2007; Vol.171 #4Found in: Technology -
Apple juice might be a way to keep the doctor away, but a glass of cider appears to be even better.Published: Monday, January 22nd, 2007Found in: Nutrition
